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April 19, 2012
Tupac is Back: Six Dead Artists We Should Resurrect Via Hologram
As many of you know by now, Tupac performed at this year's edition of Coachella via hologram. When he appeared, the much-intoxicated crowd did not know what to do. It was as if Tupac had died and rose again (to many conspiracy theorists, that was a literal take). Now that we know how Dr. Dre and AV ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
In Memory of Kurt Cobain: 5 of Nirvana's Most Iconic Songs
Kurt Cobain died 18 years ago today. Excuse me while I catch my breath and shake my head in disbelief. It's still unfathomable that after only three years in the spotlight, and in the midst of his creative prime that the Nirvana singer committed suicide. Enough stories have been written about him, b ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
The Biggest Music Headlines of 2011
[Mental Notes] The news that kept us talking this year
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November 17, 2011
Courtney Love Flips Out Onstage Over Cobain Poster, Continues Ranting About Dave Grohl
On Sunday night, Courtney Love launched into an insane rant in the middle of a Hole set at Sao Paulo's SMU Festival after a fan waved a Kurt Cobain poster in front of her.
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November 9, 2011
Geek Out With Rock's Backpages
Lou Reed in 1973. If this was fat in the '70s, it's no wonder we're all considered obese now.The online music-journalism archive Rock's Backpages is 10 years old this month. If you've never heard of the site, it's probably because a) you're not a music geek or b) you don't want to have to pay to ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Shonen Knife's Naoko Yamano: 'I'm Ashamed to Write Songs About Love'
Shonen KnifeIt's been three decades since beloved all-female Japanese pop-punk trio Shonen Knife formed, and although they have only one remaining original member, singer/guitarist Naoko Yamano, they still pump out an endearing mixture of pop, punk, food and fantasy that has attracted fans all ov ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Frances Bean Cobain: Is She Engaged to the Rambles' Isaiah Silva? (And He Kinda Looks Like Kurt Cobain)
Is Frances Bean Cobain engaged to local band The Rambles' Isaiah Silva? According to various sources around town--and Facebook--yes. Sources say that the two, who have been dating for more than a year, changed their relationship status on the social networking site to engaged a few weeks ago. Alt ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Sly Stone and Six Other Musicians Who've Claimed Homelessness
Funk pioneer Sly Stone announced in the New York Post this week that he's homeless. Fans are lamenting Stone's predicament, but we see it as karmic retribution for the annoying omnipresence of his music (those who have heard "Everyday People" 90 times during a morning commute can relate).
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September 1, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Funk pioneer Sly Stone announced in the New York Post this week that he's homeless. Fans are lamenting Stone's predicament, but we see it as karmic retribution for the annoying omnipresence of his music (those who have heard "Everyday People" 90 times during a morning commute can relate).
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August 1, 2011
Top 5 Defining MTV Moments (If You Were A Teen In The '90s)
Most people who grew up in the early '80s were lucky enough to witness MTV's revolutionary images but for many of us, who were just in grade school at the time, the cutting-edge visuals that appeared before us were too conceptual for us to comprehend. It wasn't until the early '90s (when we ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Amy Winehouse: What a Loss
[Mental Notes] RIP renowned Chicano artist Gilbert 'Magu' Lujan
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July 25, 2011
Why 27 is the Most Dangerous Age in Music; Amy Winehouse Tributes from M.I.A., Rome Ramirez and More
27 is rock and roll's most hazardous number.On Saturday, Amy Winehouse joined an exclusive club after the five-time Grammy winner was found dead in her London home at the age of 27. It is the age at which a number of pop stars have died from overdoses, suicides, murders, or in some cases, just ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Kurt Cobain's Hometown to Consider Naming In his Honor
Rolling Stone reported today that the Aberdeen city council in Washington state, is considering a proposal to name a local bridge and park in honor of late grungeman Kurt Cobain. The public works conveyance up for honor is the Young Street Bridge which according to legend is the sa ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Five Music Biopics We'd Like To See
Over the last decade, Hollywood has pumped out an increasing number of music biopics, treating us to everything from enjoyable theatrical hits (8 Mile) to wobbly, tear-jerking cable duds (Take Me Home: The John Denver Story). With Jeff Buckley, Sam Cooke and Clash movies in the works and rumor ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Top Three WTF Kurt Cobain Tributes: Jared Leto Goes Tasteless, a Hometown Statue and Miley Cyrus Fantasies
Ahh, Kurt Cobain, we miss you so. Seventeen years after your death, commemorative Tweets and blogs are standard issue, but some people went the extra mile. (Probably not the extra mile the Nirvana frontman would've wanted, but oh well.)
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December 1, 2010
Comics Writer Charles Soule Talks About '27' and Death, You Know
Renzo Podesta; Inset: W. Scott ForbesThere's a perverse romance to the rock 'n' roll aesthetic of living fast, dying young and leaving a beautiful corpse. The fatalistic edict is both empowering and life-affirming, even if it's ultimately just an over-the-top, immature "fuck you" to one's mort ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
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June 10, 2010
Strange Love: Musical Weirdness From Daniel Johnston And Co.
www.myspace.com/dannyjohnstonAustin singer, songwriter and artist Daniel Johnston's six-album box set is due on June 22 (via Munster Records). Johnston became the musical and artistic elite's best kept secret in the early '80s; he self-distributed a series of home-recorded songs embellished with ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Five Indie Sell Outs: Does Anyone Really Care Anymore?
Andrew YoussefPearl Jam at the Gibson Amphitheater last SeptemberThere was a time when leveling the word "sellout" at a band was the equivalent of pinning a scarlet letter to a musician's leather jacket. For some of those bands who made it big in the '90s, fame was ostensibly a lamentable state o ... More >>
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March 2, 2010
Pavement Launch Reunion Tour, Gorillaz Chased by Bruce Willis in New Video, Lil Wayne, Dave Grohl
Pavement fans: the reunion that hits Coachella has begun (in New Zealand). Stereogum has the set list. Coachella co-headliners Gorillaz debut video for "Stylo"--first single off Plastic Beach album out March 9--starring everybody's favorite action hero Bruce Willis in bad guy role. Click to watch ... More >>
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October 14, 2009
Twitter to Be Used to Contact Michael Jackson, Other Dead Folks
"I see dead celebrities."Twitter has many uses: spreading important information and breaking news. Seeing super-awesome iPhone pictures from concerts that we're attending. Letting us know when Ashley Tisdale is getting her hair done. But now the limits of Twitter's power will truly be tested, as ... More >>
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June 5, 2009
Smells Like Political Spirit
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has been heavily involved in politics since the death of Kurt Cobain. On Wednesday, he filed to run for county clerk of Wahkiakum County (it's in Washington, and no, I don't know how to pronounce that) as a member of the Grange party. Novoselic is reportedly ru ... More >>
Music
July 10, 2008
[CD Review] Melvins, 'Nude With Boots' (Ipecac)
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has been heavily involved in politics since the death of Kurt Cobain. On Wednesday, he filed to run for county clerk of Wahkiakum County (it's in Washington, and no, I don't know how to pronounce that) as a member of the Grange party. Novoselic is reportedly ru ... More >>
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February 21, 2008
[DVDish] Laughing Pains: Reviews of Margot at the Wedding, American Gangster, More
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has been heavily involved in politics since the death of Kurt Cobain. On Wednesday, he filed to run for county clerk of Wahkiakum County (it's in Washington, and no, I don't know how to pronounce that) as a member of the Grange party. Novoselic is reportedly ru ... More >>
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December 6, 2007
Still Big in Japan
Cheap Trick
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September 27, 2007
A Week in the Nightlife
Nerdy garage rock, wiseguy jazz, Binges that purge, Goodfoot turns 9 and Holy Fuck!
Music
September 27, 2007
The Cobain of His Existence
About a Son’s Director Portrays the Late Nirvana Front Man Through Other People’s Music
Music
September 6, 2007
CD Review
Various Artists, Kurt Cobain: About a Son (Barsuk)
Blogs
July 26, 2007
Kurt Cobain: Far From Forgotten
Director A.J. Schnack will be releasing his new documentary Kurt Cobain: About A Son in early October. The film will consist of scenic footage from the Washington cities Aberdeen, Olympia and Seattle (where Cobain lived), along with audio recordings done from a series of interviews conducted by jour ... More >>
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November 30, 2006
Buzz Band
The Melvins plow back through town with a (sort of) new lineup but the same old sound
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May 15, 2006
Nixon called Warren Commission "a hoax"
The vaults of Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon COMBINED got nothing on those fab Nixon tapes -- now on their way to Yorba Linda! Recent listenings revealed that: * The Dick referred to the Warren Commission report that concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone killing JFK as "the greatest ho ... More >>
Film
March 30, 2006
Troubled Man
The deeply disturbed life and times of a musical prodigy
Music
January 12, 2006
No Bueno, Big Guy
OC life is not the life for D.I.
Film
July 21, 2005
All This Useless Beauty
Arty Last Days misses out on Cobains populist passion
Film
July 21, 2005
His Own Private Biopic
Gus Van Sant resurrects the ever enigmatic Kurt Cobain with a lyrical blast from the avant-garde
Film
July 21, 2005
Celebrity Skinned
A former Dawsons Creek star tackles a mythic musician with willful incoherence
Film
July 21, 2005
Nevermind
Gus Van Sant and the Last Days of Kurt Cobain
Music
March 17, 2005
Here Comes the Sun
Shonen Knife put some sweetness in your life
Culture
January 13, 2005
On a Clear Day
From Christopher Shinns On the Mountain, Sophocles wavers in the distance
Music
December 9, 2004
Radio-Friendly Unit Shifter
Box set sheds new light on playful, pubescent, private side of Nirvana
Music
October 9, 2003
Pretty in the Dark
Holy Ghost Revivals vampy punk melodrama
Culture
January 9, 2003
A Portrait of the Revolutionary as a Young Punk
Kurt Cobains Journals
Unknown
May 23, 2002
Poseur Explosion
Kurt Cobains Journals
Culture
October 4, 2001
Rape Him
They saved Kurt Cobains pain
Features
September 14, 2000
We Respond
They saved Kurt Cobains pain
Culture
April 27, 2000
Is David Woodard's Life His Art?
Or is his art his life?
Or is he just scamming us?
Music
January 13, 2000
Hippie week!
Love! Peace! Naivete!
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December 9, 1999
Letters
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November 18, 1999
Punk Junkies
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December 10, 1998
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